School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh
- Location:
- Carraholly, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodhgáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 449
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- A good lot of children play Jack-stones. First of all I get five nice round stones. Then two or three girls start. There are a lot of parts to Jack-stones namesly, beginnings, scatters, halves, fulls, four-stones, three stones, two stones, clap, knock, speep, heatms, chimns, mouthms, crubins, lady-long, Pincers, little-buckle, double buckle, Tip-Mary, Krack-Jack, one krack-jack two, krack Jack two, crack-Jack three, and crack-Jack four, uncrack one, uncrack two, uncrack three, and uncrack four, lane-egg one, lane-egg two, lane-egg three, left the jack four, Churns, front of the book, back of the book, front of the one, back of the one, front of the two, back of the two, front of the rist, back of the rist, front of Jockie, back of Jockie, Crows nest, lep the ditch, soldiers buttons, bite the flies, If the person that is playing lets a Jack-stone fall she is out. Then the next person takes the Jack-stones.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bláthnaid Ní Giobúin
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Treasa Ní Giobúin
- Gender
- Female
